Saturday, February 18, 2017

Fake News vs Real News

"When you look at history," McCain said, "the
first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. And I'm not saying that
President Trump is trying to be a dictator. I'm just saying we need to learn
the lessons of history."

I think he is trying to say it but can’t. In any case it
appears that is exactly what Trump is doing. Discredit the press to where it
has to be shut down.

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather took to Facebook on
Saturday and called President Donald Trump's recent attacks on the press a
"deep betrayal of our national history."

Trump tweeted out "The FAKE NEWS media (failing
@nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the
American People!"

Our nation was founded on a free press from our free press
from attacking the British before 1776 to our present day. The press has been
the fourth element of government. It is needed to keep in check dishonest
politicians and business that believe they have the right to take what they
want without any regard to the public or those they serve. Just think and you
don’t have to belong to any one party to understand that abuse is from both
sides. What if we didn’t have a press to investigate and to report when such
abuse happens.?

Think back on the Soviet Union when their people were told
we would be at war with the United States at any minutes you must work harder
for the state. Or in 1933 when Hitler took over all the press in Germany and
painted the Jews as the enemy of the state. Or Iran of today and any number of
nations that call the US satin, etc. Senator McCain hit the nail on the head
and he may be looking into what he believes Trump may want to do next get rid
of the “fake” news because it is telling the truth or asking questions.

If you’re a citizen no matter what party you should be very
concerned.

One more thing – most of the “fake” news of the campaign was
against Hillary but then that is OK.Are you sure?